---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 303.437"
title: "34"
number: "303.437"
heading: "Convenience of hearings and timelines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/303.437"
---

# §303.437. Convenience of hearings and timelines.

- (a) Any due process hearing conducted under this subpart must be carried out at a time and place that is reasonably convenient to the parents.
- (b) Each lead agency must ensure that, not later than 30 days after the receipt of a parent's due process complaint, the due process hearing required under this subpart is completed and a written decision mailed to each of the parties.
- (c) A hearing officer may grant specific extensions of time beyond the period set out in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section at the request of either party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1431 through 1444, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 60244, Sept. 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.